Education
Education Begins With Parents
Education begins with parents. Decisions about how children learn are best made at the local and state levels, where families and communities have a voice. Federal involvement in education has repeatedly shown harmful results—such as failed national initiatives like Common Core. The most effective oversight of education belongs with the people closest to the students.
Education thrives when creativity, innovation, and competition are encouraged. Systems driven by government control too often limit opportunity, while parent-led decision-making leads to better outcomes and greater accountability. By supporting educational freedom across public, private, and home options, we open new opportunities for students and reinforce the vital role of families in education.
Alabama School Choice Programs
Sex Education
Sexual Risk Avoidance (SRA) vs. Sexual Risk Reduction (SRR)
At Eagle Forum of Alabama, we believe our students deserve the healthiest standard when it comes to relationships and sexual health. Sexual Risk Avoidance (SRA) empowers teens to value themselves, protect their future, and build strong foundations for lasting success.
We believe students thrive when they are encouraged to avoid risk—not simply reduce it.
Sexual Risk Avoidance (SRA)
SRA programs encourage teens to delay sexual activity and equip them with skills for self-control, healthy relationships, and wise decision-making. SRA promotes the safest outcome—freedom from sexually transmitted infections, unintended pregnancy, and emotional harm—while reinforcing strong values, confidence, and respect for both self and others.
View an excellent SRA program here that can be used in public, private or homeschool environments.
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Sexual Risk Reduction (SRR)
Also know as “Comprehensive Sex Ed” (CSE) These programs use graphic pictures and inappropriate themes that sexualize children. See examples here and here. SRR programs are promoted by Planned Parenthood and assume teen sexual activity is inevitable and focuses on “managing” risk through contraception and safer-sex messaging. This approach may reduce certain risks but does not eliminate them, and it often normalizes behaviors that place teens at emotional and physical risk.
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and Our Approach
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is widely defined as teaching students skills like emotion management, empathy, and decision-making. However, many SEL programs go beyond basic life skills and can shift classroom focus from academic excellence to emotional or ideological priorities that schools are not equipped to handle. Critics also point out that some versions of SEL expand the role of teachers into territory traditionally reserved for parents and mental-health professionals.
At Eagle Forum of Alabama, we believe education should support students’ growth without replacing the role of families or introducing questionable social agendas. That’s why we oppose most SEL programs as currently implemented.
A Positive Approach: The Positivity Project
We do support character-focused programs that reinforce strong values, personal strengths, and healthy relationships. One such program is The Positivity Project, which teaches students to recognize and build on character strengths, fostering positive school culture and strong student-teacher relationships. The Positivity Project+1
By emphasizing strengths and character rather than emotional psychology or ideological content, The Positivity Project aligns with our belief that students should be encouraged to flourish while parents retain primary responsibility for their children’s moral and emotional formation.
